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TIL there are an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish in the US

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A9ja TIL Paul McCartney only agreed to be on The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Vegetarian” if she remained a vegetarian the rest of the series…
JY7gm TIL that the children's book "Horton Hears a Who!" by Dr. Seuss is an allegory for the American occupation of Japan following the Second World War
oBbVo TIL In 1985, an F-15A launched an anti-satellite missile from a 65-degree climb at 38,100 feet, knocking out an orbiting satellite 345 miles above the Earth; the missile traveled at 11,000 mph when it hit the satellite, which was orbiting at 17,000 mph
9wpM6 TIL about onna-musha, japanese female noble warriors. Dozens of famous ones are known by name, many of which led their own units or even armies. Battlefield excavations have shown that in some battles in the 16th century as many as 30% of the combattants were likely women.
epmV4 TIL about Alexis St. Martin who had a hole in his stomach after getting shot. At the time not much was known about the stomach and digestion so a physician performed experiments on St. Martin e.g. dangling meat through the hole directly into the stomach.